History Characters / Basara

* BoobsOfSteel: Is very well endowed and since she wears {{Sarashi}}, it shows.

* OverProtectiveDad: Very prone to fretting over Sarasa.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Although he's probably just tanned, as he's unambigously Okinawan.

* HopelessSuitor: She falls in love with Shuri who by that point is hopelessly devoted to Sarasa
** UnrequitedTragicMaiden: Shuri barely even acknowledges her existence beyond the times when she's useful to him, and outright ignores her affections. When she finally does try to make a move, he completely rejects her and storms off.

* PoisonousFriend: Serves as this for Sarasa carrying out assassinations and plots that are necessary but that she can't bear to order or carry out.

%% * AbsoluteCleavage

* IllBoy: He's shown to have been frequently sick as a child, and even as an adult is physically weak and tends to come down with fevers when he overexerts himself.

* TheNotLoveInterest: The prophecy where Ageha would die for a woman would normally mean a love interest. [[spoiler: However, he ends up sacrificing himself for Sarasa]]. Ageha may have lovers and FoeYay but they all take second place to Sarasa and the rebellion and the cause she represents.

* BadassGay: Ageha is a Badass Bisexual.

* BiTheWay: Casually interested in both men and women. [[spoiler: But he was in love with Shido after all.]]

* TheUnfettered: A rare heroic example. There is nothing that Ageha will not do for Sarasa's rebellion: he sells his body, assassinates her enemies and sacrifices his life all for the future she will bring.

%%* IntrepidReporter

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Shuri.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Shuri, again.

* HopelessSuitor

* LadyKillerInLove: Though the LadyKiller is a bit of an informed trait. Shuri's only ever attracted to Sarasa and we never see him womanizing.

* GenkiGirl

* DudeLooksLikeALady
* EyesAlwaysShut

* PerpetualSmiler

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hachiya saved him from it.
* [[spoiler: MasterSwordsman: The acknowledged best of the Yarogumi.]]

* TheDragon: For Shuri.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: With Senju, although it was arranged at his behest.
* PerpetualSmiler: A DissonantSerenity version.

* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy]]: [[spoiler: He and Senju consummate their marriage exactly once before he sets off to capture Tatara and dies in the attempt, leaving Senju with his child.]]

!!!'''Yuna'''
Basho's apprentice, as well as a master of Karate. She's engaged to Okinawa's president Asato, (her surrogate father) out of gratitude and admiration, but nevertheless appears to genuinely love him. After Shuri helps defend Okinawa's independence, she follows him to Japan.

* ActionGirl
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Like Nakijin.
* MayDecemberRomance: Asato is easily old enough to be her father.
* {{Tomboy}}: One of the straightest tomboys in the series, at a tie with CoolBigSis Chacha.
** BoyishShortHair

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[[folder:Shikoku (Capital of the Black King's Realm)]]
!!!'''Murasaki no Ue'''
The Black King's estranged wife, she's wise and beloved by the people of Shikoku.
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* MamasBoy

* AbsoluteCleavage

* ChickMagnet: Implied, and one of the ways he gets information.
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]]:[[spoiler: His eyes stay wide open even after he's decapitated, staring into the future of Japan.]]
* IntrepidReporter

* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Her hometown barely makes it past the first chapter.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Sarasa's idealistic and compassionate but she's not dumb or naive. While she personally might not like or order certain decisions and sacrifices, she's willing to accept that they have to be made. She wasn't happy about Ageha selling his body for information but she didn't judge him for it.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She eventually groups out of low self-esteem and constant self-comparisons to her brother.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Sarasa's idealistic and compassionate but she's not dumb or naive. While she personally might not like or order certain decisions and sacrifices, she's willing to accept that they have to be made. She wasn't happy about Ageha essentially selling his body for information but she didn't judge him for it.
** She's also a decent judge of character. She recognized that Gingko was dangerous at first glance and refuses to trust Asagi until he proves himself. AllLovingHero means compassionate not naive.

* HeroicBSOD: When he finds out who Tatara really is.

* JapaneseChristian: A devout Christian, and possibly the only one in the series.

* EvilCripple: Definitely. Any chance she had for redemption was ripped apart by her father and her brain-damaged ex-lover. Hiiragi executed her husband and accidentally crippled her when he smashed through her palace, then her father finished the job by crushing her pelvis.

* ManipulativeBastard: Even early on, she tries to play Asagi and Shuri against each other.

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: She's behind Kanto's fall, Shuri losing Suou, and the Japanese mainland's attempt to invade Okinawa, among other things.]]